Wednesday Smile Jerker

Rob Scallon and a horse Source Rob Scallon is just an ordinary guy that plays the guitar really great and makes youTube videos, who decided to cover Slayer songs with unusual instruments. Last week the artist posted a video of him covering Slayer’s War Ensemble with an ukulele. This time he went even further covering Slayer’s well known Raining Blood using a banjo. gotta give the people what they want, and apparently that’s metal covers on…

I’m sure if any of us searched the dusty corners of our musical memory banks, we’d find the unmistakable and unforgettable lyrics to James Blunt’s breakout hit ‘You’re Beautiful.’ The catchy track that earned him a #4 spot on Billboards top songs of 2006 list. Well if you’re one of those people whose been living in 2006 for the past seven years, you’ll be excited to know that James Blunt has returned. His new single…

Hurghhhh… Brrmmmm… I…. Uh… Throw me a bone here? What is this? A reaction to PETA hounding her? Have their con-dalmations sent her barking mad? Or is it just for shih-tzus and giggles? Fur what it’s worth, I’m sure there’s an interesting tail behind it. Whatever the story behind this pawtrait is (it’s a picture from her new album sleeve), when Kelis’ pup career comes to a close, she might find that weird furry cosplay…

Smilejerker’s back, and this week we’ve got something for all ages, that will both move and humor you, namely this fabulous cover of Queens’ Bohemian Rhapsody by an ‘all-star’ Muppets cast. We’ve seen some awesome tunes covered by the Muppets in the past, including Beatles, The Everly Brothers , Weezer, The Drifters and even death metal (unofficial), but this is one is truly magical. Enjoy, kids!

Metal can something be sooo ridiculous versatile. A few days ago I came across this band called Alestorm, a true Norwegian Black Metal Scottish Pirate Metal band, that’s simply hilarious in everything from lyrics, to music, to props. Not that I’m saying they’re a bunch of clowns or lame, oh, on the contrary, Alestorm is pure awesome! You only need to check out the video bellow for one of their songs, called “Keelhauled”, where band’s…

Yeah, Kanye West is a douche; a really big one too, really. He probably wasn’t even stoned or something, which wouldn’t have made his deed any better, but it would have made him somewhat a less of a douche/loser (protip: you’re not scoring any points with Beyonce either). Of course the internet was all on it, which is what you expect, because, well, it’s the internet. He became a meme overnight and even president Obama…

Weird Al’s new Divya Srinivasan directed video for “Skipper Dan” doesn’t quite fall in his regular line of visuals or songs for that matter. I mean, the song isn’t parodying anyone particularly, apart from the evident hipster theater grad stereotype, and is actually kinda depressing. The lyrics are anyway, since the song’s really catchy. Check out the story of Dan, the once promising Broadway actor, now only a discontented Disneyland tour guide, right bellow.

When I first layed my eyes upon this official polici mug shot of what was once one of the most saught after producers in the world, it was pretty much impossible not to exclaim in my mind – “What a cunt!” Apparently, he was denied access to his vast collection of wigs during the mug shot photo shoot, revealing his Golum shaped cranium in all its splendor. Spector has just been recently been encarcerated to…

Well we haven’t did a smilejerker in quite a while, shame, shame, 3 times shame. If funny things ran out, I’d have an excuse, but they didn’t. I suck I don’t suck!! Anyway… We’ve all heard about the dude that plays guitar over Pachelbel’s Canon (no pun intended). Here’s the original version of the classic tune: And this is how it sounds covered (he didn’t transcribe it, a great guy named Jerry C did that)…

Prepare to be baffled by this guy’s awesomeness! The dude, from the video featured bellow, can be seen as he plays “The Final Countdown” on three instruments, including a keyboard/mandolin/trumpet bastard instrument, apparently called KazooKeylele. Whatever.